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Name ______________________________ Unit _Motion in the Atmosphere
Vocabulary for the Unit
Term / Concept
Definition
Air Masses
mP, mT, cA, cP, cT
Air pressure
What makes an area have
LOW pressure, or HIGH
pressure?
Isobar / millibars
Pressure gradient –
when the isobars are close
together
Land & Sea Breeze –
Local Winds
Mountain & Valley Breeze –
Santa~Ana Winds –
Continental Winds
Alberta Clipper –
Monsoon –
Polar Easterlies –
Prevailing World Winds
Westerlies –
NorthEast Trade Winds –
ITCZ (Intertropical
Convergence Zone)
Horse Latitudes
Anemometer
Jet Stream
Radar map
Satellite Map
Surface Map
Station Model
Cold Front –
Frontal Boundaries
Warm Front
Occluded front –
Stationary Front –
Wind Energy
(farm, turbine, locations)
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